Beyond Cultural Competency: Addressing Health Disparities Through Awareness, Sensitivity and Communication
Course: #1357Level: Intermediate 1.5 Hours 145 Reviews
The purpose of this program is to introduce the concept and skill set of cultural competency for the healthcare provider, including specific examples on how culture can influence health and how personal reflection and communication strategies can reduce discrimination and health disparities in diverse patient populations.
On Demand
Course Type: Video, Audio
CEUs/Hours Offered: AARC - CRCE/1.5; CE Broker/1.5 Direct Delivery Of Respiratory Care Services, CE Broker #20-859911; IACET/0.2
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Learning Outcomes
- After this course, participants will be able to describe the concept and practice of cultural competency in the context of healthcare.
- After this course, participants will be able to recognize how cultural and social-economic factors can influence patient health and wellbeing.
- After this course, participants will be able to explain the types of biases that lead to culturally insensitive care.
- After this course, participants will be able to identify culturally sensitive communication strategies for cross-cultural provider-patient relationships.
Course created on September 9, 2021
Agenda
| 0-5 Minutes | Introduction |
| 5-15 Minutes | Cultural Comp Definitions, Terms, Related Laws |
| 15-25 Minutes | Disparities, Barriers to healthcare |
| 25-35 Minutes | What is/is not Culture, Skills required for Cultural Assessment, Concepts, Causes of cultural disconnection |
| 35-50 Minutes | Eastern/Western/Specific Cultures:Values, independence privacy, time orientations, social structure, death and dying |
| 50-60 Minutes | Cultural Competency Assessment Personal, Attitudes, Emotional Quotient, Biases, Self-assessment, Healthcare perspectives |
| 60-75 Minutes | Patient communication/education, Elicitation strategies, and tools |
| 75-85 Minutes | Clinical Decision Making, Treatment Planning/Adherence, Competency in Healthcare systems and facilities,Hiring and training |
| 85-90 Minutes | Summary, Q&A |
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Nancy Nathenson
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Nancy is a respiratory therapist with 35 plus years of experience from ICU to Rehabilitation to Community, providing education and training in disease prevention, respiratory programs, and personal wellness. She has worked as a liaison and consultant with EMS and Medical Transport for nearly 20 years providing education and training and competencies on ventilator and tracheostomy management and safe patient transport. A pioneer and leader in population health management, her teaching strategies are evidence-based, interdisciplinary, and address clinical health outcomes holistically and with a health equity lens. Nancy currently serves as a Community Asthma and COPD Expert for the Allergy and Asthma Network.
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American Association for Respiratory Care
This non-traditional program has been approved for a maximum of 1.5 contact hour(s) Continuing Respiratory Care Education (CRCE) credit by the American Association for Respiratory Care, 9425 N. MacArthur Blvd. Suite 100 Irving TX 75063. Course # 186097000
CE Broker
Continued Respiratory Therapy is an approved provider for CE Broker, provider #50-30700. This course is offered for 1.5 hours. If you are a licensed respiratory therapist in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, South Carolina or Texas, CE Broker may be of interest to you. For Florida respiratory therapists, this course is registered in the Direct Delivery of Respiratory Care Services category.
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